My Blog
David Bouchard: a proud Métis, an inspirational artist, and a leading advocate for literacy
David Bouchard is living proof that life is full of surprises. The award-winning Victoria, B.C.-based author, who is now 60 years old, only discovered his Métis roots at the age of 40. And he was well into his previous career as an elementary school vice-principal in...
Please vote for my friend, the Dancing Executive
Please vote for my friend Robert Carroll, the Dancing Executive, as a speaker at the Wisdom 2.0 conference in San Francisco next month. The topic of Robert's talk is Getting your Groove Back through Conscious Movement. To vote, go to the conference Facebook page,...
A summer of technology
According to my calendar, summer's officially over today. As I look back wistfully on the season that was, my thoughts turn to technology. For the past few years, I've been a regular contributor to Tech Spotlight, an annual magazine that chronicles the incredible...
Welcome to a ‘new and improved’ michaela419.sg-host.com
JohnSchofield.com launches today with significantly more content, including an expanded Portfolio section that better showcases my writing skills and experience. Prospective clients and my existing customers can easily browse through a wide selection of previous...
Branding from the heart
MagNet was magnificent last week. After three days of non-stop seminars and schmoozing, I came away exhausted, but inspired. One of the many motivating speakers was Paul Copcutt, a branding guru from Hamilton, Ont., whose session was dubbed Brand New, Brand You. I've...
For writers this week, Toronto is the place to be
This week, I'll be attending the Professional Writers Association of Canada's 33rd annual National Conference and AGM in Toronto. It promises to be bigger and better than ever. For the first time, the PWAC event is part of MagNet, Canada's national magazine...